Invivo Sauvignon Blanc Wins Champion Trophy

Wednesday 21 September
2011The Invivo 2011 Marlborough
Sauvignon Blanc has collected the 2011 Sauvignon Blanc
trophy and Champion Wine of the Show trophy at the inaugural
Marlborough Wine Show Awards held over the weekend in
Blenheim. With over 400 Marlborough wines entered, the
unique competition set out to demonstrate to the world’s
wine media and global wine markets that Marlborough offers
significant and valuable diversity through its subregions
and wine styles.Invivo winemaker and
cofounder Rob Cameron stated "For me, personally, it is my
first trophy as a winemaker so it is a pretty big deal and
as a company it is massive, we have only been going four
years and are fairly new to the business but have been going
from strength to strength,"

Cameron has been making wine
for 12 years, qualifying from Lincoln University with a
Bachelor of Viticulture and Enology. He spent his early
years learning his craft at Villa Maria and Rapaura
Vintners. His work then took Cameron overseas initially
shunning the more sought after locations in California,
France or Italy and instead he spent 7 years making wine in
often challenging conditions in the likes of Moldova, Cyprus
and Slovenia before working vintages in France and Spain.
He credits those early years in Central and Eastern Europe
for learning some valuable lessons in winemaking amongst
extreme conditions.

The Marlborough Wine Show’s judging
team was led by highly respected Chief Judge, Jeff Clarke
and included leading Marlborough winemaker judges Olly
Masters, Cath Oates, Simon Waghorn, Patrick Materman and
Anna Flowerday. Guest international judge was Melbourne
based Ben Edwards, President of the Australian Sommeliers
Association. Show director Belinda Jackson said “The
outstanding classes in the competition were the 2011
Sauvignon Blanc, the 2010 Pinot Noir, the aged Riesling and
the sweet wines.”

Invivo was founded in 2007 by Rob
Cameron and Tim Lightbourne, they launched their first wines
in 2008 and the wines can now be found in 11 countries. The
Invivo Sauvignon Blanc has been selected by Air New Zealand
for the last two years and served onboard flights and Koru
lounges. Invivo currently produces Pinot Noir, Sauvignon
Blanc, Pinot Gris, Rosé and a lower calorie 9% alcohol
Sauvignon Blanc “Bella by Invivo”.

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